In article ,
"Steve Barker LT" wrote:

only because phones sometimes go out with the power. Not because it's a
rotary phone.


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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
news If you'd paid the slightest attention to the other
posts, you'd not be so confident that it will work during a power outage.

argh. I disagree. The phone in question is a pulse dialer. It may well
work, and may not. Depends on the OP's phone company.